Crochet needle



S. M. BIKER;

CROCHET NEEDLE.

APPLICATION msu'nmzs, 1920.

1,409,581. Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

INVENTOR;

Ulti'lED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. BIKER, OF CHESTER, NEW JERSEY,

CROCHET NEEDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 19.22.

Application filed December 29, 1920. Serial No. 433,819.

To all whom it may concern useful Improvements in Crochet Needles;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in needles; and, the present invention has reference, morecparticularly, to a novel construction of crochet-needle, comprising in combination with the shank or stem of the needle, a finger-receiving element or guard, said shank being formed between its ends with a thinned and flattened-out portion, upon which is detachably mounted a clamping element provided with said fingerreceiving member for operatively arranging the needle upon the forefinger of a person.

The present invention has for its principal objects to provide a needle for crocheting or f ployed in all of the saidabove described other analogous uses, which is of a simple and inexpensive construction, and the shank of which is provided with a detachably mounted finger-receiving element or guard, providing an efficient means for properly arranging the needle for use upon the forefinger of the operator, in such a manner that the needle is effectively held in place, and prevents the usual cramping or tiring effect caused by holding the straight needle of the usual and common construction between the thumb and forefinger, while with the fingerreceiving element or loop ofthe present construction, the needle, while crocheting, is properly held against the forefinger of the operator without any contact or pressure of the thumb against the shank-of the needle,

has heretofore, and thus by the free movement of the forefinger permitting of a free and of a wide scope of movement of the working point or tip of the needle.

V Other objects of the'present invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present invention.

lVith the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists,

primarily, in the novel crochet-needle herein after more fully set forth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangementsand combinations of the various de vices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a crochetneedle made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention, said view illustrating in connection with the hand of theoperator, the application of the crochetneedle, by means of the finger-receiving element orguard, to the forefinger of the hand.

Figure 2 is a top or plan view of the needle and the said finger-receiving element or guard; Figure 3 is a bottom view of the same; and Figure-at is a transverse vertical section of the said needle and finger-receiving element, said section being takenon line 4L4E in said Figure 2.

Similar characters of reference are emviews, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring, now to the several figures of the drawings, the reference-character 1 in dicates the shank or mainstem of the usual and general construction of crochet-needle, usually made from a continuous piece of tempered wire, which is formed at its one end-portion with a work-point or crocheting tip 2, and at a suitable point intermediate said point or tip and the end-portion 3, with the oppositely disposed and suitably shaped flat surface-portions 4. Upon the thinned part of the shankor stem, thus provided by said flat-surfacc-portions, is detachably mounted a linger-receiving element or loop of the general configuration and construction to be presently described. The said fingenreceiving element or loop consists, essentially, of a wing-carrying plate or base 5 formed at its opposite edges ,with thin resilient wings, as 6 and 7, said wings being suitably curved in opposite directions and then extending upwardly and terminating toward each other, as at 8. Extending from one of said wings, as 6, in a direction toward the working-pointer tip 2 of the needle, is an extension 9 which is formed with a laterally extending and upwardly curved portion 10, said portion 10 being curved or bent in'a downward direction, as at 11, and terminating in an inward direction in the form Oil a lemming linger or tongue 12, beneath the upwardly 'curved portion 10, and all arranged and substantially as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings.

As shown, spaces lGaiid Hare thus provided between the opposite Qua-edge of the Wihg carrying 'jlatoor base 5 and the re s' p 'ect ii're clamping oi retaining" meliibers hereinabove described. From an inspection ofFigures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, it

Will readily be seen, that the shank or stem oif'the iieedle'c'an easily be inserted -in'a positively clamped or held relation ivith said main plateor base 5, a1id with the said tubular holding or "clamping member, formed by the 'parts 10, 11 and 12, a1'1d With the curved portion 14 and its marginal flange 15, in the manner illustrated more particularly in said Figures Qfand 3, the various parts being securely held "in their detachably assembled lrel'atio n by the frictional contact of the side-portion's'of the'shank or stem iv'it'h the alternately disposed surfaceportions oft-he main plate or base 5 andthe inner sur iface port-io' ns of the tubular holding or clamping member, located at one end of said plate or base 5, and With the inner surface-portions of the curved portion '14:

and "marginal flange 1 5, located at'thc other "end of's'aid plate or base 5.

I further description of the device is deemed unnecessary, except to state that the general arrangements and constructions of "the assembled devlces are most slniple and 'eflicient, the finger-rec'ervin element or guard being readily attached and secured in its mountedpdsiti on upon'the shank or stem of the usual construction ofcrochet-needle, whereby the needle may bereadily and coni 'eniently used ivithout cramping the hand or forefinger and thumb of the user, as "is so .eommdn with needles of the usual and commen straight shanks or stems, ivhieh neces sitates the needle being held with more or less force between the thumb and forefinger. h-lie 1n the {magma}; I have described the present invention as applied to the "shank system or a crochet needle, it will be understood that the principles of the invention may be applied to shanks or stems of the various kinds, adapted for use to numerous purposes other than crochet-Work.

I am also aware, that changes may be 'm'ade'in the general arrangements and combinations or the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction oi? the said parts, Without departing from the scope of the presen invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the clauses or the claim which are appended to the said specification.

Hence, I'do'not limit my present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations or the devices and parts, as described in the said'specific'ation, nor do I limit myself to the exact details or the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the acconr panying drawings. 7

I claim:'- V 1. In combination with a shank or stem.

"adapted for use as a crochet-needle, or the like, said shank being provided with flat surface-portions, a "finger-receiving element detachably mounted upon said flat surface- -portions of the shank or stem, to prevent 'turning'of the finger-receiving element upon said shank. v I

2. In combination with a shank or stem adapted ror'use as a crochet-needle, or the like, said shank being provided with fiat surface-portions, a finger-receiving element detachably mounted'u'pon said flat surfaceportions of the shank or stem, to prevent turning of said finger-receiving element upon said shank, said finger-receiving element comprising a wing-carrying plate or base, and shank or stem engaging;- means located at the opposlte ends'otsaid plate or be se.

3. In combination with a shankor stem "adapted for use as a crochet-needle, or the like, said shank being provided with fiat 'surfacepo1ti011s, a finger-receiving element detachably inounted upon said fiat surfaceportions of "the shank or stem, said fingerreceivlng element comprising a 'wlngcarrying plate or base, a tubular shank or stemengagl'ng member "at one end of ald plate or base. and areceivingmember atthe'other end oi said body provided with a marginal guide-flange, all arranged torreceiving said shank or stem for'niotinting said finger-re ceiving element upon s aid shank or ste n, to

prevent turning ofthe finger-receiving element upon said shank.

4. 111 emanation with a shank or s em adapted for use as a crochet-needle, ,or the like, said shank being provided with flat surface-portions, a "fingerreceivin clement adapted to be detachably mounted upon said flat "surface po'rtions of theshank or steni, to prevent turn ng of sald finger-receiving element upon sald shank, s'ald finger receiving element comprising a base or plate, and a pair of resilient wings extending from the opposite edges of said base, said wings being curved in opposite directions and terminating toward each other.

5. In combination with a shank or stem adapted for use as a crochet-needle, or the like, said shank being provided with flat surfaceportions, a finger-receiving element adapted to be detachably mounted upon said flat surface-portions of the shank or stem, to prevent turning of said finger-receiving element upon said shank, said finger-receiving element comprising a base or plate, a pair of resilient wings extending from the opposite edges of said base, said wings being curved in opposite directions and terminating toward each 0131161311- shank or stem-engaging means connected with and extending from said wings. V

6, In combination with a shank or stem adapted for use as crochet-needle, or the like, said shank being provided with flat surface-portions, a finger-receiving element adapted to be detachably mounted upon said flat surface-portions of the shank or stem, said finger-receiving element comprising abase or plate, a pair of resilient wings extending from the opposite edges of said base, said wings being curved in opposite directions and terminating toward each other, a tubular shank or stem-engaging means connected with and extending from an edge of one of said wings, a receiving member connected with and extending from an edge of the other wing, and a marginal guide-flange connected with and extending from said receiving member, all arranged for receiving said shank or stem and mounting said fingerreceiving element upon said shank or stem, to prevent turning of the finger-receiving element upon said shank.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of December, 1920.

SAMUEL BIKER.

Witnesses GEORGE D. RICHARDS, EVA E. DESOH. 

